Following months of unrest by the supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (2001-2006) the people of Thailand on 3 July carried out a general election and elected 500 members of Parliament.
Result of election was very surprising, whereby the opposition Phue Thai Party led by Yingluck Shinawatra (44), sister of Thaksin Shinawatra, won 265 seats in Parliament, while the ruling Democrat Party led by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva only got 159 seats.
Prime Minister Abhisit has acknowledged his defeat and congratulated Yingluck Shinawatra for her victory, the military forces, which played dominant role in Thailand's political life, do not raised any objection, and the Monarchy most probably would also agree with the result of election.
Due to the above mentioned facts, it is most likely that Yingluck Shinawatra will become Thailand's first female Prime Minister.
Thailand is not a strange country for Indonesia, not only because both countries were founding fathers of ASEAN, but also because of centuries of historical relationship which each other.
Indonesian market today is filled with many products imported from Thailand like the Monthong Durian and other Fruits, Rice, Toyota Vios and Honda City cars.
And every year many Indonesians traveled to Thailand for vacation and/or shopping.
Moreover, both countries have experienced authoritarian military rulers, now adopting the same kinds of liberal democracy, and fighting against corruptions.
I hope that the positive things that have happened in Thailand would be taken as good examples by the politicians and military generals in Indonesia on how to govern the country and people.
That must be good news for stability within the region, Harry?
ReplyDelete@Peter/Kiwi,
ReplyDeleteYes it is a good news indeed.
I agree with u, hopefully our politician can be like that too :)
ReplyDeletesemoga setelah ini, thailand kembali stabil dan tidak banyak demo
ReplyDeleteI seen the car blast prior to election day...those make me think that Thailand has same Political atmosphere as Indonesia
ReplyDelete@Aulawi Ahmad,
ReplyDeleteYeah let us hope so.
@R10,
Semoga demikian jadinya.
@Balimoz,
Semoga hal2 yang negatif tidak ditiru disini.
selamat kepada thailand yang telah berhasil melewati krisis kepemimpinan scr demokratis. apalagi yang terpilih Yingluck Shinawatra, sosok perempuan muda yang diharapkan akan membawa banyak perubahan.
ReplyDelete@Sawali,
ReplyDeleteSemoga demikian Mas Sawali, perkembangan di Thailand sedikit banyak akan berpengaruh pada negara2 ASEAN lainnya.
Congratulations to Thailand
ReplyDeleteand its First Lady Premier
Yingluck Shinawatra.
Thaksin will be one happy man
as he would be able to attend
his daughter's wedding at last.
Digressing a little from the
topic here: Belgium has been
without an official government
for so long ( it has a temporary caretaker government ) and the
country is still business as usual. Everything is as smooth
as ever. No politicking. No
bickering. Everyone sleeps soundly.
This speaks for the efficiency of its administrative bodies which
have no political affiliation.
ASEAN has a long way to go. Now..to get
rid of the politicians....
@Bear Wife,
ReplyDeleteYeah Thaksin will be a very happy man indeed.
Re: Belgium situation without a head of government (Premier):
There so many times that people in Indonesia have expressed that the the government has been neglecting realities that life would not change without them.
Selamat tetangga..
ReplyDeleteSemoga za hal2 yg negatifnya ga ke bawa di negara kita,, kan itu semua ga patut di contoh,,, :)
ReplyDelete@ Harry
ReplyDeletePeople everywhere are suffering
because of the politicians.
Makes one wonder if governments
are of any use in the first place.
On another note, thank you
very much for taking the time
to engage on interesting
discussions in my blog. Truly
enjoy this kind of brain
stimulation
@TUKANG CoLoNG,
ReplyDeleteSemoga mereka selalu damai.
@Rumah Dijual,
Mudah2an hanya hal2 baik yang ditiru.
@Bear Wife,
The irony is that we need government and parliament to run the country.
The worst thing is that there is no guarantee that the politicians would keep all the promises they made during election campaigns.
It's like gambling.
I really enjoy having discussions with you in my blog and yours.
Thanks a lot.
Hi Harry,
ReplyDeleteGratz to the victor..but its early days yet.The military is probably still monitoring the situation. It's not known what would be their reaction should she make a move to get a full pardon for the brother.
We can only hope that our leaders are smart enough to not make the same mistake of fallen dictators of being oblivious to legitimate demands.
Have good nite Harry.A pleasure to be here always.
Umi
@Umi,
ReplyDeleteWe can only hope that the civilians would work hard, wise and smart in dealing with other parties especially with the military.
I am so happy with your visit and your comment. Thank you very much Umi.
semoga adiknya yang berkuasa sekarang tidak menjadi boneka Thaksin, btw malaysia juga bergolak hari ini
ReplyDelete@Smp3Lembang,
ReplyDeleteMudah2an tidak terjadi hal2 buruk.
maybe for me, it's a good news
ReplyDelete@Meutia,
ReplyDeleteYes it is a good news
a very good appeal to Indonesia the ruler
ReplyDeletesemoga negeri kita juga damai pak :D
ReplyDeletelho dari shinawatra lagi yaaa
ReplyDeleteberarti demonstran kemaren ga ngaruh2 amat ya
@Wisata Murah,
ReplyDeleteLet us hope that our ruler would take the good things as example.
@TUKANG CoLoNG,
Iya semoga damai
@Attayaya-Klamp,
Menurut perbagai berita, yang menggerakan demonstrasi tsb adalah Shinawatra